What is optimum keyword density for SEO?

Question: Also in sitemao what is frequency need to set will work best

Answer: Keyword density is part of SEO content management. A good keyword density rule of thumb between 3-5% density for any page. So if you have a web page targeting the phrase, ‘Industrial Fans for Agriculture,’ you would want about 3-5% density for that phrase. You also need to write a relatively beefy page with about 250 words or so.

But beyond keyword density, Google is looking at ‘natural syntax.’ What is natural syntax? Subject, verb, predicate – just as your High School English teacher taught you. So rather than a page that just says Industrial Fans for Agriculture Industrial Fans for Agriculture Industrial Fans for Agriculture Industrial Fans for Agriculture Industrial Fans for Agriculture Industrial Fans for Agriculture… You want want that says, ‘Looking for the best industrial fans for agricuture? We are the number one vendor of fans used in agriculture and agri-business. Check out our latest fan, the super dooper farm fan, which has many industrial and agricultural uses.’ ETC.

So it’s not just density – it’s also natural syntax.

As for your XML sitemap question, you need to update your XML sitemap as you add content. But to be honest, Google doesn’t pay that much attention to the other attributes on the XML sitemap such as priority. It’s pretty clear many people lie and many others don’t fill this out correctly, so it’s a safe guess that – at most – Google uses XML sitemaps to find pages and confirm their existence, but relies on other issues such as cross-links for their true importance. I teach in my SEO classes that an XML sitemap is nice to have but by no means essential to effective SEO.

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